MILITARY BENEFITS

Education and Training Payment Rates for 2016 Academic Year (August 1, 2016 – July 31, 2017) Visit the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs website for more information.

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Any veteran with a disability rating from the Department of Veterans Affairs of 10% or more is entitled to apply for Vocational Rehabilitation. Vocational rehabilitation provides payment of tuition, fees, books, and required supplies along with a monthly subsistence allowance. Those veterans who believe that they are eligible for Chapter 31 benefits should contact the Ocean County Veterans Service Bureau in Toms River for more information.

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Eligibility is based on entering the active military after June 30, 1985, serving continuously for three years, and contributing $100 per month for the first 12 months of active duty. In addition, the character of discharge must be honorable.

Veterans are entitled to 36 months of training under Chapter 30, and it must be used within ten years of discharge from active duty (delimiting date)

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Effective July 1, 1985, members of the selected reserve of the U.S. Armed Forces may be eligible for Chapter 1606 educational assistance. The Unit Commander will provide a “Notice of Basic Eligibility”. Veterans must bring this NOBE in and fill out an application for GI benefits. These will be submitted to the DVA with a certification of enrollment at 365球赛平台.

Veterans are entitled to 36 months of training under Chapter 1606, and it must be used within ten years of the date of eligibility on the NOBE.

Children and spouses of veterans who died or are permanently and totally disabled as the result of a service connected disability are eligible for benefits under Chapter 35 of the Montgomery GI Bill®.

Children must be between 18 and 26 years of age. Spouses must use the benefit within twenty years of becoming eligible.

New Jersey offers a stipend to certain veterans who were eligible for GI Benefits, who served on active duty between December 31, 1960 and May 7, 1975 and who were legal residents of New Jersey at the time of induction, the time of discharge, or for one year prior to application for this benefit.

Available to members of the New Jersey National Guard, use of this program requires the student to produce a Commanders Certificate or eligibility each semester and file for all available State and Federal Financial Aid for each academic year.

This benefits military spouses and their families. The Department of Defense is partnering with schools and other agencies to support military spouses in pursuit of education, training, licensing, credentialing, and employment in high growth, high demand portable careers.

Your school or agency can help military spouses access up to $6000 in Military Spouse Career Advancement Accounts (MyCAA) Financial Assistance. There is no cost for a school to participate.